Tool · draft
Software (mainly Rhino/Grasshopper, but not only) used to calculate metrics.
| Platform | Rhino/Grasshopper |
| Category | Energy simulation |
| Developer | Ladybug Tools LLC |
| Website | www.pollination.solutions |
| Licence | commercial |
| Status | draft |
Also known as: Pollination Cloud · Pollination Rhino Plugin · Pollination Revit Plugin
What it does
Commercial companion to the open-source Ladybug Tools, made by the same company. Its Rhino and Revit plugins build, clean and validate simulation-ready energy and daylight models from CAD/BIM geometry and export them to many BEM formats; a cloud platform runs Ladybug Tools simulation recipes at scale. The Grasshopper plugin is free; Rhino plugin about USD 1,375/yr and Revit plugin about USD 2,750/yr (2026 pricing page), with 90% student discount.
What it can calculate
- Model preparation/translation of energy & Radiance models (exports HBJSON, DFJSON, OSM, IDF, gbXML, IES VE GEM, eQuest INP, IDA ICE IDM, CBECC SDDXML)
- Energy simulation (via Honeybee/OpenStudio/EnergyPlus engines)
- Daylight simulation (via Radiance engines)
- Thermal comfort simulation
- Cloud execution of Ladybug Tools simulation recipes
Status
Active (2026). Pricing page checked 2026-10. Positioning has shifted toward model translation/QA; exact list of cloud recipes not verified on current site.
Connections
- Metrics it can calculate: Energy use intensity, Heating energy demand, Daylight autonomy, Thermal comfort
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